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His sister first supported her husband but after finding out the whole truth of what he said, she was horrified and apologized to her brother
She thought that what her husband said was really vile and she was thinking of leaving him due to this and other red flags
The wife had to make the heartbreaking decision of undergoing an induction abortion, which went fine. But the couple was distraught. When they had a family gathering, they had to break the sad news to everyone, which must’ve felt awful. After they heard about it, the poster’sparentsand sister were sorry for their loss and expressed their sympathies. But the real trouble began because of their brother-in-law.
He was an extreme pro-life fellow, who, instead of supporting the grieving couple, started harassing the wife. Throughout the night, he repeatedly called her a ‘murderer’ and accused her of ‘taking her daughter’s life’. All the terrible things that he said made her feel much worse than what she was already going through. The husband was shocked when he heard all this and he got really angry as his wife was close to breaking down all over again.
He yelled back at him and called out his hypocrisy. Turns out, this “pro-life” brother-in-law had aDUIagainst him in the past where he had injured another person and put them in the hospital. He also sold cigarettes at a convenience store which took lives of thousands of people every year. And because of hismeager salary, the original poster (OP) had to provide financial support to him and his wife for medical reasons multiple times.
If you can clearly see that the person is wrong, it can be frustrating to see that person being defended. That’s how OP must’ve felt. But after a while, he started wondering whether he was wrong for taking things so far with the brother-in-law, so he asked the Redditors. Later, he also gave an update saying that this brother-in-law had not told the whole scenario of what he had said to his wife, so she had defended him. But when she found out, she was extremely upset and apologized to her brother. She even considered leaving her husband due to his vile act and otherred flags, too.
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The Redditors declared that the man was not in the wrong for saying those things to his brother-in-law. It seems that harassing a grieving mother is one of the lowest lows that a person can reach. But the fact that he had the audacity to do so is astounding. To look at the statistics,44%of Americans were pro-life in 2023. But nobody should harass a person when they are already suffering.
And it sounds like this happened quite recently after the induced abortion. According to thePlanned Parenthood Federation of America, “Negative attitude about abortion may increase a woman’s risk of mental health problems after abortion.” It looks like the brother-in-law’s attitude could further add to the distress that the wife is already feeling. It’s almost like scratching a wound.
Netizens were just as furious with him as the man was. They expressed their condolences to OP and said that that was not the time to harass an alreadygrieving mother. Many of them told him that this man was in no way involved with him and his wife and he had absolutely no right to say the things that he did.
Some even said that just because he’s an anti-abortionist, he cannot criticize someone when they are at a low point. They declared that such people don’t deserve any respect or civility. They applauded the poster for standing up to this man and letting him know that such behavior is unacceptable and they called the brother-in-law “evil”.
Redditors applauded the poster for calling out his brother-in-law and said that he had no right to say the awful things he did
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